“I’m about to lecture them on the importance of getting a backpack,” Associate Professor John Waller said as he points to a black hiking backpack sitting in the corner of his Berkey Hall office. In the classroom space just outside of his office, students are noisily assembling for their meeting. The office is stacked floor […]
The syllabus for Natalie Phillips’ honors interdisciplinary course “Cognitive Science and the Literary History of Mind” (ENG 492H) includes an 18th Century novel, modern neuroscience articles from PubMed, and an anatomical engraving of the brain from the 1680s. It’s a mix of coursework inspired by a conference Phillips attended as a postdoc. Phillips is the […]
There’s a light knock on Jeanne Wald’s office door. She opens it to be greeted by a smiling postdoc stopping by to thank her for her help before he departs for a new faculty position in Texas. It’s that kind of moment Wald loves most about her job. “The biggest reward you get from (teaching) […]
